Improvement in sash-holders



ittici niet MCRTCN '.TUDD, CF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 113,673, dated April 11, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN SASH-HOLDERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, MORTON JUDD, of the cityand county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented and madea certain new and useful Improvement in Spring Bolts for Windows, andthe following is hereby declared to be a full and correct description ofthe same. i

In Letters Patent granted to me J une 2l, 1870, No. 104,465, a springboltis shown in which a socket is employed setting within a hole in theinullion of the window-sash, to act as a guide for the shank of thebolt, land also to inclose the spring which sets around said shank andprojects the bolt.

One end of said socket is open to allow for the insertion of the springand bolt, and saidi spring acts between a collar upon the shank of' .thebolt and the wood at the end of the hole which receives the socket.

The diiiicnlty with-the use of a socket in the above form is that itrequires care in boring the hole for the socket; for il' the hole isbored too deep the space for the spring is too great and said spring maynot project the bolt its full lengtln y My improvement is made toovercome this diiicnlty, so that so much care is not required in boringthe hole to receive the socket, and the parts of the bolt are all heldtogether, and not liable to become detached, misplaced, or lost.

I make use of a cast-metal socket similar to the one mentioned in saidpatent, with the exception that there is not any flange at its outerend, and its inner end is formed with a slightly-reduced portion toreceive a sheet-metal cap, which cap foi-nis a cover to that end of thesocket and a bearing for the spring ywithin said socket, so that thespring acts between said cap and the collar upon the bolt-shank `toproject the bolt, and said cap holds thc parts ot' the bolt together.

In 'the drawing- Figure l is a section of part of a sash and casing withmy improvement applied thereto; and

Figure 2 is an elevation of the socket and its cap detached.

The bolt c is substantially the same as in aforesaid Letters Patent,being made with the head 2 to enter the easing b; a collar, 3, toprevent the holt passing out of the socket d, and a collar, 4, betweenwhich and the collar 3 the end of the spring e is clasped, so that itcannot become detached from the shank 6 accidentally.

The socketd is of slightly-tapering forni, so4 that it can be drivenmore easily into a correspondinglyshaped hole in the xnullion a; andsaid. socket is made of cast metal and can be driven into said hole.

The interior of the socket is of a size to allow the spring c to movefreely therein, and the outer end of said socket is provided with a holeto guide the bolthead 2 in its movement.

The inner end of said socket is formed with a slightly-reduced portionat f to receive the edges of the sheet-metal cap g, which cap is pressedtight-ly upon said portion f ofthe socketdso as to remain thereon; andbetween said cap g and the collar 4 the spring e acts to project thebolt c.

I claim as my invention- The cap g applied to the socket d, andinclosing the spring e of the bolt c, the parts being constructed as andfor the purposes set forth.

Signed by me this Sth day of March, A. D. 1871.

MORTON JUDD.

W'ituesses:

CHAS. H. SMITH, Guo. T. PINCKNEY.

